Issue 16-80: Agriculture

April 21, 2016

The area in B.C. dedicated to growing greenhouse products continued to shrink in 2015, decreasing to 55 million square feet. Sales of greenhouse products grown in the province exceeded $659 million last year, up from $618 million in 2014. B.C.’s greenhouse industry is the second biggest in the country, after Ontario, where sales reached over $1.6 billion in 2015. The national total was $2.8 billion.

Ornamental flower and plant sales (including resales) accounted for more than half of total revenues in B.C., with sales adding to $351 million in 2015. Sales by B.C. producers of greenhouse fruits and vegetables (primarily tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce and peppers) were valued at $308 million.

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